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Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do administrative integration

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Daegu City and Gyeongsangbuk-do province have initiated a renewed effort toward administrative integration, aiming to establish an integrated special city by July 2028. To strengthen this push, leadership of the integration task force has been elevated to the level of deputy mayors. Officials are working to ensure the necessary special law passes the National Assembly, with the goal of addressing regional priorities such as the TK New Airport and the attraction of public institutions. Building on these efforts, Gyeongsangbuk-do announced a ‘Local is further advancing this through its ‘2026 Local Sovereignty Era Completion Basic Plan’ Strategy.’ This execution plan is designed to transition toward greater combat regional self-determination challenges, including population decline, youth outflow, and the concentration of resources in administration, industry, the Seoul metropolitan area. The strategy is built upon four major pillars: autonomy, growth, living, and finance. talent, encompassing 12 core tasks. A key pillar central component of this broader strategy is the administrative integration of Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do by 2028. Gyeongbuk, alongside the establishment of a super-regional growth system. The province aims to use this integration transition from a central government-led decision-making structure to a system where local governments design and other initiatives—such as industrial connectivity in AI execute policies based on their own authority and semiconductors—to combat regional decline, aiming for finances. This broader effort seeks to achieve a combined population of 5 million and a 3% annual GRDP growth rate by 2030. As of late 2026, efforts to pass the required special law through the National Assembly have intensified. The integration is increasingly viewed as a necessity to combat rapid population decline and the outflow of young residents; decline; projections indicate the combined population could drop from 4.92 million in 2025 to 3.96 million by 2052. The proposed special law seeks to grant the new entity fiscal and administrative autonomy comparable to Seoul. Strategic plans include linking the Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport, industrial belts in Gumi and Pohang, and East Coast energy resources, while developing strategies to prevent the marginalization of northern Gyeongbuk areas.

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  1. 2026-09-30 02:30 UTC Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do administrative integration
  2. 2026-09-27 05:32 UTC Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do administrative integration
  3. 2026-09-22 07:48 UTC Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do administrative integration

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